How to Watch Rays at Royals (June 26): Stream MLB Live, TV Channel

On Thursday night, Shane Baz will battle Michael Lorenzen on the mound as the Rays face off against the Royals.

The Tampa Bay Rays will take the field at Kauffman Stadium on Thursday night for the last time this week in this three-game series against the Kansas City Royals in Missouri. The Rays have won both of the first two games of this series and with a win and sweep here today, will tie the season series 3-3 between these two teams. In the first win on Tuesday night, Taj Bradley went 6.2 scoreless innings with four strikeouts in a 5-1 win. Danny Jansen can be credited with most of the offense finished with a home run and three RBIs.

How to Watch Tampa Bay Rays at Kansas City Royals Today:

Game Date: Thursday, June 26, 2025

Game Time: 2:10 p.m. ET

TV: FanDuel Sports Network Midwest Extra – Missouri

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Tampa Bay turned around and won again yesterday in a 3-0 shutout. Drew Rasmussen picked up this win, throgin 5.0 scoreless innings with five strikeouts. Jose Caballero opened the scoring in the second inning with an RBI single on a bunt. Josh Lowe then scored in the same inning on a wild pitch. The last run was batted in by Jansen with another RBI.

Shane Baz will be the Tampa Bay pick to start this game on the mound. The right-hander has a 7-3 record this season with a 4.79 ERA and 77 strikeouts through 82.2 innings. Baz had one of his worst starts of the month in his last outing. He gave up five earned runs on four hits over 5.1 innings with six strikeouts against the Detroit Tigers.

Battling Baz, Kansas City will move down the starting rotation and put Michael Lorenzen on the mound in the last game. The right-hander has a 4-7 record this season with a 4.81 ERA. He has a season total of 69 strikeouts over 82.1 innings in 2025. Lorenzen gave up just two earned runs in his last start over 5.1 innings with four strikeouts. He missed the quality start by two outs.

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